MHCA Area Directors' meeting minutes

MIDVALE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AREA DIRECTORS’ MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY November 29, 2022, 6:45 pm
Meeting held in person and via Zoom due to pandemic.
Present: J. Cardin, B. Roe, K. Walter, J. Walter, J. Thoreson, D. Lamb, T. Jarvis, L. Raihala, R. Rotter, D. Beilke, G. Fischer, C. Kreimendahl
Also Present: Alder Bill Tishler, Bob Park, Carl Wacker, Peter Schmidt, Cathy Rotter
Cardin called the meeting to order at 6:43 p.m.
1. Introductions
2. Alder Report: Bill Tishler reported he’ll seek re-election to District 11 alder seat (so no town hall meetings during campaign). Ordinance change will redefine “family” for residential purposes (see city website FAQ). Also discussed new West Area Plan which covers west of Midvale Blvd and will supersede prior neighborhood plans (including ours). City budget passed–hooray for South Side grocery and Robin Greenway storm damage funding.
3. Introductions
4. Minutes: Motion/2nd to approve September and October minutes. Motion carried.
5. WIDE-LP Radio: Bob and Carl on behalf of Friends of WIDE-LP sought $500 for expenses to support their $2000 annual budget. Motion/2nd to approve $500. Motion carried.
6. Treasurer’s Report: R. Rotter presented report showing $39,278.51 in funds.
7. Officer Election: Current officers were re-nominated for another term. Motion/2nd to elect as follows:
President Joy Cardin; Vice President Lorie Raihala; Treasurer Ron Rotter; Secretary Chuck Kreimendahl. Motion carried.
Discussion of additional residents with opening of apartments at University Heights (HyVee). Will we need a new area (and director)? Consider welcoming new residents there with MHCA recruitment invitation, and perhaps a meet-and-greet event.
Also Carissa Wegner has resigned from Area 7, so please forward any suggestions for appointing a replacement to Cardin.
7. Santa Visits: not clear if this is being organized this year-defer to Schell family on this.
8. Announcements: Suggestion to donate history books to local school libraries. Raihala will check into.

Our meeting space at Sequoya Library is harder to reserve now. Stay tuned for future location and/or Zoom format. Cardin previewed the January meeting as featuring the Library Planning effort.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m.
Submitted respectfully by C. Kreimendahl, Secy.

MIDVALE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY November 23, 2021, 6:45 pm
Meeting held at Sequoya Library and via video conference via Zoom due to corona virus epidemic.
Present: J. Cardin, C. Kreimendahl, B. Roe, J. Thoreson, J. Walter, K. Walter, D. Lamb, L. Raihala, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter, W. Weber, G. Fischer, J. Veto, J. Lager
Also present: Cathy Rotter, Nan Lager, Ken Skog, Peter Schell, Gwen Schell, Bob Park, Kathy Losby
Cardin called the meeting to order at 6:46 p.m.
1. Introductions
2. Officer Election: Nominations made for Joy Cardin, President; Lorie Raihala, Vice President,; Ron Rotter, Treasurer; Chuck Kreimendahl, Secretary. Motion/2nd to approve and elect those nominated. Motion carried.
3. No legislative reports.
4. Minutes: Motion/2nd to approve September and October minutes. Motion carried. (It was later determined that September minutes had not been submitted, so will have to approve at future meeting.)
5. No treasurer’s report. There is a new WI tax exemption number.
6. Blood Drive: Inquiry from Kathy Losby about partnering with Red Cross for blood drive at library in March. Consensus that we should do so.
7. Yoga Class: J. Walter suggested a community yoga class as a fundraiser for settling Afghan refugees in Madison. Consensus to go ahead, so he and Cathy will investigate.
8. Santa Visits: The Schells outlined plan to resume visits this year. The visits will be porch-only on Dec. 16. They requested volunteers for Santas/drivers. $1500 had been budgeted already and they expect costs to be less depending on number of neighbors signing up.
9. WIDE Radio: Skog/Park reported that they got $825 grant last year from City for outreach to community. They will increase outreach efforts this spring pending Covid. They welcome announcements/programming suggestions from MHCA. They still hope to move the location from a garage to a better site, but Westgate developer nixed having it at their new residential buildings. Seeking $500 donation for transmitter/other costs. Motion/2nd to give $500. Motion carried.
10. Green Team: Weber recounted event with Bob Lindmeier and guest speaker on climate change. Will plan another based on its success, possibly on recycling in early 2022.
11. Announcements: Jarvis said gmail requires security that we do not have with our current TIKI system. He will upgrade TIKI, and then switch over MHCA emails to gmail.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
Submitted respectfully by C. Kreimendahl, Secy.

MIDVALE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY September 28, 2021, 6:45 pm
Meeting held via video conference via Zoom due to corona virus epidemic.
Present: J. Cardin, C. Kreimendahl, B. Roe, J. Walter, K. Walter, J. Thoreson, C. Wegner, L. Raihala, T. Jarvis, R. Rotter , G. Fischer, J. Veto, W. Weber, J. Lager, K. Reuter-Krohn
Also present: Nan Lager
Cardin called the meeting to order at 6:49 p.m.
1. Minutes: Motion/2nd to approve August minutes. Motion carried.
2. Treasurer Report: Rotter reported fisc at $35,206 plus PayPal holdings from dues of about $7231 and $500 in the postal account for a total of $42,937.
3. Membership Drive: Jarvis identified 419 registered members with 7-8 new ones since directory publication. Area member numbers were discussed. For new neighbors, Kreimendahl will get the welcome packet index of materials including a welcome letter and registration form to all Area Directors.
4. Redistricting City Alders: Discussion of map proposals, one of which splits MHCA neighborhood, and one which doesn’t. Motion/2nd to communicate our desire to keep it together. Motion carried. Cardin will write the City.
5. Police Budget: Roe asks if we want to take a position against an initial proposed 5% cut to that budget, which also applies to all city departments. People are encouraged to write the Mayor to oppose cutting police budget.
6. F-35s: East Madison neighborhood associations are asking us to join in their opposition to basing the F-35 military jets at Truax. No action taken.
7. Annual Meeting: Details about the meeting will be in the newsletter including that it will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting with presenters Shilagh Mirgain PhD and Joe Walter.
Announcements: Jarvis planned to convert our email to Google over the next month.
Raihala talked about garage door openers which could be set to avoid hackers/thieves.
Kreimendahl said he would relinquish his Area 1 directorship to Roe, but he will stay on as Secretary.
Meeting was adjourned about 8:03 p.m.
Submitted respectfully by C. Kreimendahl, Secy.